Sanctuary in America how activists defied the government and defended immigrants--and why it still matters
"As historians of immigration, social movements, and religion, we wondered what would become of sanctuary in a second Trump presidency, and whether its historical challenge to state power would still have resonance among Americans. The breakneck escalation of policies targeting immigrants, asylum se...
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Oxford University Press,
[2026]
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Table of Contents:
- Sanctuary in America
- "La Migra No Profana el Santuario" : The Origins of the Sanctuary Movement, 1980-1982
- "No Middle Ground Between Resistance and Collaboration" : The Development of a National Sanctuary Movement, 1983-1985
- "Guilty of the Gospel" : The Prosecution of the Sanctuary Movement and the Birth of Sanctuary Cities, 1985-1991
- "I am neither a criminal nor am I a terrorist" : The New Sanctuary Movement in a Post-9/11 America, 2006-2015
- "Sacred Resistance" : Sanctuary Everywhere in Trump's America, 2016-2020
- "We Will End All Sanctuary Cities" : The Politics of Migrant Crises and the 2024 Presidential Election, 2021-2025
- The Future of Sanctuary and Why Sacred Resistance Matters Today.
